Combined toothbrush and paste-container



w A. WIDMAIEB. COMBINED-TOOTHBRUSH AND PASTE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION/FRED FEB. 5, I921.

1,385 ,76'7 Patented July 26,1921.

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ADOLF WIDMAIER, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26', 1921.

Application filed Feoruary 5, 1921. Serial No. 442,811.

To t7l whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AooLr WIDMAIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at and whose post-oflice address is 61 Langhorne street, in the city of Atlanta, county of Fulton. State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Combined Toothbrushes and Iaste-Containers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent1on, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to the combination with a paste holding container provided with aremovable cap, of a tooth brush secured to the cap, preferably by a flexible attachment, looped through a suitable hole in thetooth brush handle and secured to the cap of the container to. permit the latter to rotate freely, so that when the cap is in place the tooth brush is attached to the tube or container and both articles may be hung up in their appointed place by means of an eye or bail connected with the cap. The particular advantages ofthe combination device reside in the fact that the paste contalner and the brush of the individual user may be kept together at all times and the cap to the paste tube may not be lost or displaced,.as it is always attached to the tooth brush, without interfering with the normal operation of the latter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of one form of the device; and

Fig.2 is a similar view showing a modification.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, 1 indicates a standard type of collapsible tube or like container for tooth paste provided with the usual reduced screw threaded neck, through which the paste is extruded in strip or ribbon form, and which neck is normally closed by an internally screw threaded cap member 2, which latter is provided with an eye 3 by means of which the tube or container may be suspended from a suitable hook.

Looped about a circumferential groove or reduced portion of the cap 2 is a flexible wire bail 4, the outer end of which is passed through a hole 6 in the handle of the tooth brush 5, the end of the bail 4. being provided with a hook which engages the intermediate portion of the bail and serves to lock the looped end against accidental displacement and thereby insure the maintenance of the connection between the cap 2 and the tooth brush 5, and'at the same time permit the latter to be'removed and connected with a new paste tube when the original one has been exhausted of its contents.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2 the wlre ball 4', which connects the brush with the cap 2 of the container, also constitutes the loop or eye 3, by means of which the contamer and the attached tooth brush is suspended from a hook or other support. In other respects the device is similar to that previously described.

In each of the modifications the bail is so attached to the cap 2 as to permit the latter to rotate freely in the bail, so that the cap may be readily screwed 0n and oil the neck end of the container 1. While it is desirable that the bail be made flexible, this is not a necessary characteristic, nor is it essential that the connection between the handle of the tooth brush and the bail be made detachable, for the reason that a more or less permanent form of connection may be employed, inasmuch as the same cap may be used upon difi'erent tubes or containers, pro-' vided the screw threaded neck is of the proper size to engage the interior screw threaded cap. It will also be apparent that various other forms of connection between the cap and tooth brush handle may be employed without departing from the characteristic features of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a paste holder having a removable cap, of a tooth brush, and connecting means looped to the handle of the tooth brush and secured to the cap to permit inde endent rotation of the latter.

2. The com ination with a paste holder having a removable cap, of a tooth brush, and connecting means looped to the handle of the tooth brush and swiveled to said cap.

3. The combination with a paste holder having a removable cap provlded with a suspension member, ofa tooth brush, and connecting means looped to the handle of the tooth brush and swiveled to said cap.

4. The combination with a paste holder having a removable cap, of a tooth brush, and a flexible bail swiveled to the; cap and looped through the end of the tooth brush handle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

- 1 ADOLF WIDMAIER. 

